{ "$schema": "https://cvjson.com/schema/v1.json", "basics": { "name": "Uzma Chisti", "label": "MPD Senior Project Engineer", "summary": "Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) project engineer and offshore service specialist with end-to-end delivery across deepwater and platform operations in Norway, the UK, and Pakistan. Lead MPD well planning, feasibility, engineering design, and real-time operations, including fingerprinting and well control response. Proven interface with operators, rig contractors, and third parties; strong record in HAZID/HAZOP, DWOP, documentation (P&IDs/PFDs), KPIs, and cost control. Recent deepwater exposure on Equinor projects in Norway, including Askepott.", "location": "Aberdeen, United Kingdom" }, "work": [ { "company": "Frontier", "position": "MPD Specialist", "location": "Askepot, Norway", "startDate": "2026-06", "current": true, "highlights": [ "Coordinate closely with Equinor on the Askepot deep water project", "Implement best practices for MPD operations in deep water environments", "Provide technical support and guidance to project teams on site", "Oversee safety protocols and compliance during deep water drilling operations" ] }, { "company": "Weatherford", "position": "MPD Senior Project Engineer", "location": "Aberdeen, United Kingdom", "startDate": "2024-01", "endDate": "2025-12", "highlights": [ "Lead MPD engineering design, feasibility studies, and well planning activities", "Develop and review MPD well programs, operational procedures, contingency plans, and execution methodologies", "Prepare, review, and approve MPD engineering documentation including P&IDs, PFDs, safety zoning, and system layouts", "Serve as MPD engineering focal point for clients, rig contractors, sales, operations, and third-party service providers", "Participate in and support HAZID/HAZOP, DWOPs, and all relevant well planning and client meetings", "Provide real-time engineering support during critical MPD operations, including fingerprinting, well control events, and kick/loss scenarios", "Review daily MPD operational data and provide corrective and preventative engineering recommendations", "Ensure all pre-job engineering, equipment readiness, certification, and mobilization activities are completed in accordance with Weatherford standards", "Prepare and deliver pre-mobilization briefings and support training for client engineers and rig crews", "Revise MPD programs and procedures based on lessons learned, Management of Change (MOC), and client-specific requirements", "Keep job tracking, KPI reporting, documentation, and archival of job data in WPTS/SharePoint", "Provide mentorship and technical guidance to MPD Field Engineers and operations personnel", "Maintain financial accountability by ensuring costs are managed within approved budgets and company financial policies", "Perform other duties and activities safely as assigned by the supervisor" ] }, { "company": "Halliburton", "position": "MPD Service Specialist Offshore", "location": "Stavanger, Norway", "startDate": "2023-01", "endDate": "2024-01", "highlights": [ "Assist in rig up/down, function test, pressure test and operation", "Rig up all Managed Pressure Drilling equipment on site and prepare the paperwork requirements", "Provide engineering support for MPD planning to clients", "Consult with customers concerning services and products, promote good customer relations at the well site, and ensure customer satisfaction with results", "Work in the shop, assisting in the repair and maintenance of equipment", "Conduct pre-job toolbox safety meetings, review and verify job plan with customer representative and manage any changes required", "Manage deep water projects including Equinor Gulfaks platform, War Energy Ringhorne Platform, and Aker BP Noble Integrator" ] }, { "company": "Weatherford-Pakistan", "position": "MPD Project Engineer", "location": "Islamabad, Pakistan", "startDate": "2021-01", "endDate": "2023-01", "highlights": [ "Provide oil field services and equipment support", "Manage business synergies and field operations for drilling services including Underbalance drilling and Managed Pressure Drilling", "Deliver technical service to major Exploration and Production Companies", "Utilize Weatherford’s VICTUS and WELLFLO with effective technical data analytics prior to field operations", "Plan drilling operations (UPD, MPD) for depleted reservoirs, vugular and fractured formations", "Rig up, operate and perform Air drilling, UBD and MPD jobs", "Maintain best HSE excellence", "Assist Sales and Business development", "Prepare and deliver technical presentations, engineering studies, and end of well reports", "Maintain best HSE excellence" ] }, { "company": "Petroleum Exploration PVT Limited", "position": "Geophysicist", "location": "Islamabad, Pakistan", "startDate": "2019-07", "endDate": "2020-09", "highlights": [ "Lead MPD engineering and operational support for Equinor’s Askepott deepwater project, including program development, hydraulics modeling, and execution methodologies.", "Coordinate interface with Equinor drilling, rig contractor, and third-party providers; 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